Live in the present

Don’t Disregard the Best Years of Your Life for Their Pain and Trouble

I read a Psalm this morning that gave me pause. It said: “Seventy years are given to us! / Some may even reach eighty. / But even the best of these years are filled with pain and trouble; / soon they disappear, and we are gone… / Teach us to make the most of our time, / so that we may grow in wisdom.” Psalm 90:10-12 (NLT)… Read more

On Stopping to Smell the Roses

I rise early this morning, “no-kids” sorts of things on my to-do list, when the happy face of my grinning 3 year old comes bounding into the room. She wants to snuggle, talk, read a book, sit with me, and do a puzzle together. Today I stop what I’m doing, look into her eyes and savor it. What a gift!… Read more

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